Description

[Battle of Long Island].The Seat of Action between
the British and American Forces or An Authentic Plan of the Western
Part of Long Island,with the Engagement of the 27th
August 1776 between The King's Forces and the Americans: Containing
also STATEN ISLAND and the Environs of AMBOY and NEW YORK, with the
Course of Hudsons River, from Courtland the Great Magazine of the
American Army, to Sandy Hook from the Surveys of Major Holland.
17" x 19.25" (sight), London: for Robert Sayer and Jonathan
Bennett; October 22, 1776. Engraved map, lightly hand-colored. A
scarce map depicting an important battle early in the Revolutionary
War. Besides the archaic and charming names for locations we are
familiar with today, the map depicts fortifications, and notations
regarding troop movements. With a small inset map titled, "The
Road from AMBOY to Philadelphia." Matted and framed to an
overall size of 22.5" x 25.25".

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